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Phil Nevin was the star quarterback for the El Dorado Hawks. He arrived at school one morning, and some kids from rival Esperanza High had visited campus.
Rubber chickens were hanging all over the senior quad of the Placentia, Calif., school. The walls...

October 16, 2006. Glendale, Ariz. — A little after 9 p.m. Mountain time, a night's worth of energy and hysteria had turned to disbelief. All around University of Phoenix Stadium, this newly opened retractable roof gem in the desert, the shock proved...

Brian Urlacher is back, this time with hair.
Urlacher will be part of Comcast SportsNet’s wall-to-wall Bears coverage this season, which includes a new weekly show called ”The Hard Count with Brian Urlacher.”
Veteran sports anchor Mark Schanowski will...

When the news surfaced Saturday that Jerrell Freeman had signed with the Bears, agreeing to a three-year deal worth up to $12 million, it was essentially confirmation the reset button had been pressed fully at inside linebacker. The Bears are starting...

In the winter of 2013, after his first season as Bears general manager, Phil Emery drew a hard line financially that eventually led to Brian Urlacher leaving the organization.
Emery felt secure on the job, confident in his position on Urlacher’s...

Oh, Brian Urlacher. Do you have any idea what you've done?
The former Chicago Bears star has gained a full head of hair and given up the sort of distinctive look so coveted in the ad game in which he now plays.
Bald is beautiful, and he wore it in the...

Brian Urlacher accomplished a lot in his 13-year playing career with the Bears: Defensive player of the year in 2005, Rookie of the Year in 2000 and he was selected to eight Pro Bowls.
But Tuesday morning on WGN's Morning News, the notably bald...

How about Matt Forte?
Bears coach Lovie Smith wondered that aloud on the night of Sept. 7, 2008. Forte had just run for 123 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries in his NFL debut, an upset victory over the Colts. At Smith's news conference, he was still...

Mike Holmgren had been on the job as Packers coach less than a month when, in the unlikeliest of places, he got a lesson on the significance of the Bears-Packers rivalry.
He had taken a quick walk to the market to grab a sandwich for lunch. Holmgren...

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Position battle: Backup running back
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Scottie Pippen threw his support behind Bulls management in a series of tweets backing the team's decision to fire coach Tom Thibodeau on Thursday.
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It appears all is well between the Bears and former star linebacker Brian Urlacher, who was vocal in his displeasure with team management during the tenure of former general manager Phil Emery.
Urlacher and Dick Butkus, another former star linebacker for...

Brian Urlacher spoke to teenagers about his middle school experiences Tuesday, but the former Bears linebacker had plenty to say afterward about his time in the NFL.
After having a contentious relationship with former Bears general manager Phil Emery,...

Brian Urlacher's dislike of Phil Emery is no secret. The former Bears star linebacker didn't appreciate how Emery, then the general manager, handled his contract negotiation after the 2012 season.
Urlacher has dropped hints of varying strength and impact...

The Chicago Bears went with experience when they hired John Fox on Friday to help restore the franchise to respectability. On Monday at Halas Hall, Fox was introduced as the franchise's 15th head coach and the first in club history with previous...

The Bears hired Phil Emery to be their general manager in January 2012. But after a rocky three-year tenure, Emery has been relieved of those duties. Here's a quick look back on the key moments of his stint as GM.
KEY COACHING MOVES
•To some, Emery's...

Bears linebacker Lance Briggs said farewell to Chicago and also weighed in on kicker Robbie Gould's remarks concerning the "Bear way" on his TV show Tuesday night.
Briggs, who is in the final year of his Bears contract and isn't expected...